diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 65e82f665c7c..1c402d33547e 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1467,7 +1467,12 @@ xa_unlocked:
 		 * Replacing old pages with new one has succeeded, now we
 		 * need to copy the content and free the old pages.
 		 */
+		index = start;
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &pagelist, lru) {
+			while (index < page->index) {
+				clear_highpage(new_page + (index % HPAGE_PMD_NR));
+				index++;
+			}
 			copy_highpage(new_page + (page->index % HPAGE_PMD_NR),
 					page);
 			list_del(&page->lru);
@@ -1477,6 +1482,11 @@ xa_unlocked:
 			ClearPageActive(page);
 			ClearPageUnevictable(page);
 			put_page(page);
+			index++;
+		}
+		while (index < end) {
+			clear_highpage(new_page + (index % HPAGE_PMD_NR));
+			index++;
 		}
 
 		local_irq_disable();